French Open 2022: Daniil Medvedev and Stefanos Tsitsipas suffer shock exits at Roland Garros

Daniil Medvedev and Stefanos Tsitsipas suffered shock fourth-round exits on a day of shocks within the males’s draw on the French Open.

Fourth seed Tsitsipas misplaced in 4 units as teenager Holger Rune reached a maiden Grand Slam quarter-final.

The Dane, 19, punished a lacklustre show from the 2021 Roland Garros runner-up to triumph 7-5 3-6 6-3 6-4.

Rune meets Casper Ruud within the final eight after the Norwegian additionally gained in 4 units, beating Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz.

Cilic, 33, subsequent faces seventh seed Andrey Rublev, who progressed to the quarter-finals after Jannik Sinner retired whereas trailing 1-6 6-4 2-0.

Former US Open champion Cilic, who triumphed at Flushing Meadows in 2014, rolled again the years, taking simply an hour and 47 minutes to stun second seed Medvedev underneath the lights on Court docket Philippe-Chatrier.

He gained 90% of factors on his dominant first serve and didn’t face a single break level, whereas the Russian’s serve, in distinction, was breached 5 occasions.

“It was the most effective matches of my profession from begin to end,” Cilic stated in his on-court interview. “A fully implausible match from the primary level to the final.

“After I’m enjoying my finest tennis, all the things is working, serve, return, motion and these final 15 days have been nice for me, with some very constant tennis.

“Towards guys like Daniil you will have to have the ability to maintain ranges like that all through the match so I used to be positively centered to maintain going and I’m extraordinarily happy.

“I attempt to all the time give my finest even when it is not going my means. If you’re persistent together with your coaching, good issues come your means and it’s such a pleasure to be enjoying like this.”

Medvedev’s departure leaves twentieth seed Cilic as the one Grand Slam winner remaining within the backside half of the draw – with Rublev, Ruud and Rune having by no means beforehand reached a semi-final at a serious.

Rune’s outstanding run continues at Tsitsipas’ expense

Rune had by no means gained a Grand Slam match earlier than this occasion however has dropped only one set in reaching the quarter-finals.

World quantity 4 Tsitsipas appeared surprisingly subdued for big elements of their fourth-round match, though he levelled after dropping the primary set and threatened a fightback in direction of the tip of the fourth.

However Rune saved three break factors to serve out the match and grow to be the primary Danish man to succeed in a quarter-final on the Paris clay – and the primary since 1967 to make the final eight in any Grand Slam.

“I used to be very nervous, however on the identical time I knew that if I went away from my techniques I might lose for positive,” world quantity 40 Rune stated in his on-court interview.

“It was a part of the tactic to be as aggressive as doable – Tsitsipas assaults each ball so I needed to be aggressive, play quick and I actually like enjoying the drop photographs. It labored out and I am actually comfortable.”

With fellow 19-year-old Carlos Alcaraz additionally by means of, it ensured two youngsters are within the final eight of a Grand Slam for the primary time because the 1994 French Open.

Rune, who gained the boys’ title at Roland Garros in 2019, appeared a lot brisker all through, with Tsitsipas maybe feeling the consequences of his two draining opening matches.

The Greek, 23, got here from two units right down to beat Lorenzo Musetti within the first spherical after which took 4 hours to see off Czech qualifier Zdenek Kolar in spherical two.

Tsitsipas, nonetheless, instructed an tools change performed a component in his below-par show, though he refused to elaborate when pressed on the topic by reporters.

“I would not put the entire blame on the tools as a result of it is one thing that I selected for my private progress and getting higher,” he stated.

“However it type of stays again in your head that possibly I should not have executed that.”

Ruud units up all-Scandinavian affair however Sinner bows out

Eighth seed Ruud additionally made historical past by changing into the primary Norwegian man to succeed in a Grand Slam quarter-final together with his 6-2 6-3 3-6 6-3 victory over Hurkacz.

The 23-year-old’s earlier finest run at a serious got here in reaching the 2021 Australian Open fourth spherical however he assumed management from the off in opposition to the Polish twelfth seed.

Hurkacz had not dropped serve all match however Ruud put paid to that statistic in his very first return recreation and went on to interrupt on 5 additional events.

“It has been a aim of mine to succeed in the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam – I really feel extra skilled now enjoying a finest of 5 units,” stated Ruud.

Seventh seed Rublev, in the meantime, was the beneficiary of Sinner’s misfortune because the Italian retired of their encounter after the second recreation of the third set.

Sinner had performed his earlier matches with heavy strapping on his left knee, however confirmed few ill-effects as he whizzed by means of the opening set 6-1 in simply half an hour.

Nevertheless, the 20-year-old required remedy on his knee within the second set as a battling Rublev took it 6-4 to degree the match.

Sinner, the eleventh seed, was unable to proceed after seeing his serve damaged early within the third set.